found: Wikipedia, website viewed 20 November 2013(Jerry Lewis, born March 16, 1926 as Joseph Levitch in Newark, New Jersey; American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter, and film director; known for slapstick humor in film, television, stage, and radio; lifetime achievement awards from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Fil Festival; has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day Telethon and national chairman of the MDA)